henry

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From Middle English Henry, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) Henri, from Frankish *Haimrik, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognate with German Heinrich, Dutch Hendrik, Estonian Hendrik, and Old Norse Heimríkr (Danish Henrik).

Named after American scientist Joseph Henry (1797–1878).

Rhyming slang, from Henry the Third.

From Henry the Eighth.

Initial letter.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هِنْرِي (hinrī) — given name
• Armenian: Հայնրիխ (Haynrix) — given name
• Armenian: Հենրիկոս (Henrikos) — given name
• Armenian: Հենրի — given name
• Asturian: Aique — given name
• Bengali: হেনরি (henri) — given name
• Bengali: হেনরী (henrī) — given name
• Breton: Herri — given name
• Bulgarian: Хе́нри (Hénri) — given name
• Catalan: Enric — given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 亨利 (Hēnglì) — given name
• Czech: Jindřich — given name
• Czech: Hynek — given name
• Danish: Henrik — given name
• Dutch: Hendrik — given name
• Dutch: Henk — given name
• Esperanto: Henriko — given name
• Estonian: Hendrik — given name
• Faroese: Heindrikur — given name
• Faroese: Heinrikur — given name
• Finnish: Heikki — given name
• Finnish: Henrik — given name
• Finnish: Harri — given name
• French: Henri — given name
• Galician: Henrique — given name
• Georgian: ანრი (anri) — given name
• Georgian: ჰენრი (henri) — given name
• Georgian: ჰაინრიხ (hainrix) — given name
• Georgian: ჰენრიკ (henriḳ) — given name
• German: Heinrich — given name
• German: Heinz — given name
• Greek: Ερρίκος (Erríkos) — given name
• Greek: Ενρίκος (Enríkos) — given name
• Greek: Χένρυ (Chénry) — given name
• Greek: Χένρι (Chénri) — given name
• Hawaiian: Hanalē — given name
• Hawaiian: Henelē — given name
• Hebrew: הנרי (henri) — given name
• Hindi: हेनरी (henrī) — given name
• Hungarian: Henrik — given name
• Icelandic: Hinrik — given name
• Irish: Anraí — given name
• Irish: Hamhrí — given name
• Italian: Enrico — given name
• Japanese: ヘンリー (Henrī) — given name
• Korean: 헨리 (helli) — given name
• Latin: Heinricus — given name
• Latin: Henricus — given name
• Latvian: Henrijs — given name
• Latvian: Indriķis — given name
• Lithuanian: Henris — given name
• Lithuanian: Henrikas — given name
• Luxembourgish: Heng — given name
• Māori: Hēnare — given name
• Norwegian: Henrik — given name
• Old English: Heanrig — given name
• Old English: Heanric — given name
• Persian: هنری (henri) — given name
• Polish: Henryk — given name
• Portuguese: Henrique — given name
• Russian: Ге́нрих (Génrix) — given name
• Russian: Ге́нри (Génri) — given name
• Russian: Хе́нри (Xénri) — given name
• Northern Sami: Heandarat — given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Eanraig — given name
• Sicilian: Arricu — given name
• Slovak: Henrich — given name
• Slovene: Henrik — given name
• Spanish: Enrique — given name
• Spanish: Henrio — given name
• Swedish: Henrik — given name
• Thai: เฮนรี (heen-rii) — given name
• Ukrainian: Ге́нрі (Hénri) — given name
• Walloon: Hinri — given name
• Welsh: Harri — given name
• Yiddish: הענרי (henri) — given name
• Catalan: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Chinese Mandarin: 亨利 (hēnglì) — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Chinese Mandarin: 亨 (hēng) — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Finnish: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• French: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Galician: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• German: Henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Hungarian: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Indonesian: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Japanese: ヘンリー (henrī) — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Korean: 헨리 (henni) — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Malay: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Polish: henr — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Portuguese: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Russian: ге́нри (génri) — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Spanish: henrio — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Swedish: henry — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Tagalog: henri — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Thai: เฮนรี (hên-rîi) — SI unit for electrical inductance
• Turkish: henri — SI unit for electrical inductance